Workplace Posters

• New York State Minimum Wage Poster (pdf)
• Equal Pay Provision of the New York State Labor Law (pdf)
• New York State Unemployment Insurance Poster (pdf)
• New York State Workers' Compensation Notice of Compliance Poster (pdf)
• New York State Disability Benefits Rights Notice:
  • English (pdf)
  • Spanish (pdf)
• New York State Paid Family Leave Notice (pdf)
• New York State Policy on the Rights of Employees to Express Breast Milk in the Workplace (pdf)
• New York State Human Rights Law (Executive Law, Article 15) (pdf)
• New York State Corrections Law, Article 23-A (pdf): Effective February 1, 2009, employers must post a copy of Article 23-A of the correction law relating to the employment of persons with a criminal conviction. The posting must be visually conspicuous in a location accessible to workers.
• Smoking: Employers must post "No Smoking" signs or the international "No Smoking" symbol in every place where the New York State Clean Indoor Air Act prohibits or restricts smoking.
• Sufficient Time to Vote (pdf): New York requires a Voting Time Poster (pdf) be posted 10 days prior to state and national elections so employees are aware that they are entitled to sufficient time off to vote. For additional information, please see the Voting Time section of the Policy 6.9 Time Off and Leaves Program.
• Notice of Employee Rights, Protections, and Obligations Under Labor Law Section 740 (pdf)
• Information Technology & Communications Resources (pdf)
• Veteran Benefits and Services (pdf)

Note: Employees represented by a collective bargaining agent should consult their contract for applicable pay practices and release time provisions.

• Notice of Employee Rights: Safe and Sick Leave
• Notice: Pregnancy Accommodations at Work (pdf)
• Know Your Rights at Work (pdf)
• Stop Sexual Harassment Act Notice:
  • Notice in English (pdf)
  • Notice in Spanish (pdf)
• You Have a Right to Temporary Changes to Your Work Schedule (pdf) 

Employee Rights Under the Davis-Bacon Act (pdf): Any contractor/subcontractor engaged in contracts in excess of $2,000 for the actual construction, alteration/repair of a public building or public work or building or work financed in whole or in part from federal funds, federal guarantee, or federal must post this notice at the site of the work in a prominent and accessible place.

Service Contract Act/Walsh-Healey Public Contract Act: Every employer performing work covered by the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act or the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) is required to post a notice of the compensation required (including, for service contracts, any applicable wage determination) in a prominent and accessible location at the worksite where it may be seen by all employees performing on the contract.

Worker Rights Under Executive Order 13706: Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors (pdf)

These notices are to be posted where visible to prospective employees and to employees hired working on a federal contract with a FAR e-verify clause.

E-Verify (pdf), Right to Work poster (pdf) and Right to Work Spanish version (pdf). 

Campuses where USDA funded work/labs are located must download and post the And Justice for All poster.

Minor Employee Working Schedule: Units employing minor employees (under 18) must post the work schedule (days, hours, start and end times, meal breaks) of the minor employees in a conspicuous place.

Health Care employers are required to make their Nurse Coverage Plan available to all nursing staff by posting in a location accessible to all nursing staff, or using any means to make it available to all nursing staff. See Restrictions on Consecutive Hours of Work for Nurses (pdf).

NASA-funded Programs and Activities: If your program or activity receives NASA funding, you are required to:

• Provide individualized copies of the poster and brochures (see links below) to the deans, chairs, and faculty receiving funding from NASA, especially principle investigators on NASA grants
• Place printed copies of the poster and the brochures in the common areas in program buildings for those programs and activities receiving NASA funding so that beneficiaries may learn more about their rights to equal opportunity in STEM programs
• Ensure that the links to the poster and brochure are placed on the websites for the programs and activities receiving NASA funding
  • NASA Title IX Poster
  • NASA Title VI Diversity Brochure

Federal and state posters are required to be displayed in all Cornell workplaces.

Posters must be displayed in a conspicuous place where other notifications of workplace rights and employer rules and policies are posted so that employees can readily find and read them at wheelchair height.

Important: Be sure to check the "Posters That May Apply" section above for posters that may be required in workplaces depending on the type of work or funding source.

For helpful information about federal poster requirements, visit the U.S. Department of Labor's Posters - Frequently Asked Questions website.

Letter Size Posters

Legal and Ledger-Size Posters

The following posters should be printed on 8½ x 11-inch paper:

• Notice of Employee Rights: Safe and Sick Leave
• Notice: Pregnancy Accommodations at Work (pdf)
• Know Your Rights at Work (pdf): Local Law 161 of 2023 requires employers in New York City to give their employees information about their rights at work.
  • Employers must post the multilingual "Know Your Rights at Work" poster at each NYC workplace where employees can easily see it.
  • Employers must give a copy of the poster to each employee by July 1, 2024. After July 1, employers must give a copy of the poster to new employees on or before their first day of work.
  • Employers must make the poster available on any online platform used to communicate with their employees, such as a company intranet or app.

The following posters should be printed on 8½ x 14-inch paper:

• Stop Sexual Harassment Act Notice: Must be displayed in both English and Spanish
  • Notice in English (pdf)
  • Notice in Spanish (pdf)

The following poster should be printed on 11 x 17-inch paper:

• You Have a Right to Temporary Changes to Your Work Schedule (pdf) 

The federal and New York State posters may be downloaded in printable sets by clicking on these links:

Download combined PDF with all federal letter-size posters

Download combined PDF with all federal legal and ledger-size posters [recommend printing all on 11 x 17-inch paper - see "Legal and Ledger-Size Posters" section below for specific size requirements]

Download combined PDF with all New York State posters